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May 28th, 2011
November 30th, 2009
03:22 pm - Baba Yaga and Her Chicken Shacks
(where did you think chicken shacks come from?)
(she raises them in her garden)
(they frolic around the blue roses and valerian, and eat healthy amounts of bug legs and children's fingers)
(in the morning she puts on that old dusty coat and big black boots, and stomps into the chilly yard where they greet her, chirping, and chomping the tiny sharp teeth in their keyholes.)
(the world needs more baba yaga.)
I am very happy to tell you that:
This piece was made for the STUFF THIS show at the RIVET GALLERY in COLUMBUS OHIO
DECEMBER 5th - 30th
Opening reception is Saturday, December 5 from 7-10pm
Rivet
1200 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201
( more details about this piece and a larger photo )
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November 26th, 2009
11:21 am - Also.
This entry is going to be completely rambling and babbling, but it's Thanksgiving morning and i'm not cooking today and i've got some coffee and so there.
I've been thinking a lot about these guys lately:
Because of questions that i've gotten or things i'm working on recently. I keep turning around in my seat at my desk and glancing back at these two poor bastards.
( let me tell you about them. )
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09:56 am - weekend.
why yes,
now that you mention it
i am in fact having a
black-friday-weekend-sale
(limited, as mentioned in my last post. i can only do so much)
( click here for the deets )
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November 24th, 2009
01:49 pm
in the shop
i like these guys.
lots of work. good work though. i've re-assessed and re-thought a lot of things in the past couple days. i've got a few fantastic orders to finish up. i've got some Hello Critters about to be done. i've got a big stack of gifts getting ready to head all across the globe: washington, switzerland, vietnam, spain, ohio, chicago. there will be no holiday-shopping-keeping-up-with-Etsy-craze for me, i'll make some stock for my shop and when it's gone, that's it. i would much rather focus on what i am really good at and put on this earth for: creating things to make joe smile, cooking in a warm home, petting my dog, painting pictures, being with people.
most importantly at the moment though, i've got a few turkeys to cook, soup to make, and a long, long conversation to have with Baba Yaga.
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November 23rd, 2009
07:03 am - weekend.
fat birds are back in the shop!
along with other ornaments and things.
check it out
stefan brought me a big bag of kagi-fretli, and i'm eating alllll of them! nom!
also
we got a macbook yesterday, and then ed did this all night.
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November 20th, 2009
November 19th, 2009
12:31 pm
the catfoxcreature is complete... but i'm re-evaluating my photography set-up. i think my photos could be better. so this afternoon i'm off in search of a tripod (pot of coffee every morning = shaky hands = blurry photos) and some sort of light source that doesn't suck. the lighting in my studio is god-awful, but it's mostly to do with cheap lamps and a house facing the wrong direction. SO. fun day. then i'm going to re-shoot everything in my shop, update the listings, and not sleep until the end of january.
give me ibsen, and some sausage, i am ready.
in other news, my poodlebreath showed up today.
i got the big blue sinking fairy pendant, and i love it. it's keeping my little alleluja piece company.
poodlebreath (get 'em while they're still around)
alleluja
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November 18th, 2009
12:30 am - tuesday
things to do on a tuesday.
hang out in the etsy virtual labs and work on the new batch of hello critters
sort neckties with ozzy
get that last cat-fox all finished up (pics tomorrow night...)
make a treehouse
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November 15th, 2009
10:05 pm - hello
new hello critters
workworkwork.
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November 14th, 2009
08:23 pm - sauce?
today i bit it and submitted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) saucydwellings, and they accepted! o_O THANKS, SAUCY!
i'm throwing it here too, because i put some elbow grease into it and im happy with it.
submitted to the sauce-masters:
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Alright ladies and gentleman. I'm not sure if this is saucy, but this room is just not going to ever get any better than this. And, this is the last chance to document this space, because after seven years it's finally time to move on. I start packing next week, we're moving.
This has been the space and place where I have been figuring it out, making it work, developing a style, and finally, creating a successful art business and supporting myself. The room and I have grown around and into each other over the past 7 years, everything is in constant motion. The walls are perforated with a thousand push-pins. I never replaced that horrid pink carpeting, I never took down the wallpaper border that I hate more than anything - of course now that we have tenants moving in soon, we're replacing everything. Go fig. But for today, it's still my room and I'd like to invite you in for a beer.
picture HEAVY.
( ode to a room )
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November 13th, 2009
09:27 pm
GOOD GRIEF, NOVEMBER!
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November 12th, 2009
04:30 pm - it's miller time
I am thrilled to announce that this loving bastard is on his way to New York City, where he, and a gaggle of other creatures, will be on display at the Luv-able Hug-able show at Gallery Hanahou next month.
This show will be featuring 'medium and mini' plush art from many of the heavy-hitters in the plush-art world. I'm super happy that my little guys are off to join in the fun.
Here is a crappy photo of everything I am sending to Gallery Hanahou for display (and for sale) at the show:
And, just for good measure, here is another group shot, showing everything that I have made since Monday night. Two days of no sleep has made me absolutely *bonkers*, but I think the output was worth it:
I think a couple bottles of wine and a little Charlie Day are highly in order.
( All Luv-able Hug-able Show Info, Dates, Etc under here. And I'll repost it closer to the date )
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November 11th, 2009
11:15 pm - brb
i'll be back as soon as i climb out from under this
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November 8th, 2009
09:30 pm - doop-a-doo
wow do i have a lot of stuff on my desk and brain right now.
a couple more things for tomorrow
then next week is all finishing orders
and getting the gallery work out the door
(i'm in two shows next month o_O)
c'mon january
im going to paint a giant picture on january 23.
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November 5th, 2009
07:56 pm
OMG I HAS TAILZ?
sorry, that was nerdy.
hey look it's the last catcow!
i have one more beast on the hooks, that is really more of a cat-fox than a cat-cow, so yea, this is the last one. for a long while anyway. unless i make little bitty ones for december. i dunno.
studio shapin' up
i still have a lot of art to hang (!) but i dont know if i'll ever get to it because i start packing in a week or so. i just want to do a little saucy post about the house before i leave. because it's my first home, you know.
also!
there will be another shop update on Sunday Morning 11/30. new stuff! woo!
EDIT:
shop update is 11/08. i gotta stop posting while drinking. o_O
gotta go, it's almost time for my night cheese.
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November 3rd, 2009
09:01 pm
hooray!
i just received a CD of photos that Roli took during our day together in switzerland
( have i mentioned today that i'm going to be living here soon? o_O )
anyway, i threw them into a new post over at edandmel_travel. <--click to see.
ok back to crochet.
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October 31st, 2009
09:27 am
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October 30th, 2009
09:22 am - up dippity date
i've been having fun.
new free-range studio monster
this guy, he's got a lot to say
quiet and rabbit-like
centerpiece / sitting
jewelry holder / hanging
i've started calling this guy max, you can imagine why
he's my favorite. he's got little spots and perfect little ears. i love him.
a new treehouse
there will be a few more treehouses coming, i'm pretty fond of this one
little things that add hours to the work but really make me happy
speaking of little details, the backs of all the new mini-wall monsters
are finished with awesome recycled Waverly upholstery fabric.
all of this stuff is going to be in
The Shop
Tonight
ETA: WELL seeing as how i just threw my back out, and am now stuck at home for a few hours until the pain meds and ice pack sink in, I'm adding this stuff to the shop now. I am old people :(
If i ever get home from working the desk job - it's going to be a long day.
...speaking of which. i chatted with my boss on wednesday, and we nailed down what my actual date of leaving will be. my last day, for real official, of working for someone other than myself, is January 22, 2010. Seeing that written on the calendar, it's amazing. anyone who's been reading my blabber since 2005 knows how frustrated i've been about art/deskjob/life. and to be honest, leaving wqa is going to be hard for me. but - to be free and support myself off of my art, finally? that's everything.
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October 29th, 2009
04:46 pm - tonight
later tonight, things to show you and that lil' shop update i was talking about.
for now though... cafe jasmine and charlie day.
mmm
both are very tasty.
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